# Hotel ice bucket question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 14, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518 "2003-09-14T05:03:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/21 "2003-09-18T03:45:47Z")
> [@](#): > > What hotel are you at? It was a Doubletree. Considering what it cost, I’d think the ice bucket condoms could fit. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/22 "2003-09-18T05:17:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Balthisar \* > \*\*I just did this very thing in Ontario over Labor Day weekend – except I used the trash can filled with us. The ice bucket was just too small. \*\* How many of you did you fit into the trash can? And _what_ were you doing in there? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/23 "2003-09-18T10:20:48Z")
LOL. How on Earth did _ice_ become _us_? I think the mod’s are playing games with me… ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/24 "2003-09-18T10:38:30Z")
How about putting the wine bottle in the condom - keep it from dripping all over when you fish it out the bucket? ---
**Author:** ![Roches](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc8723/32.png) [@Roches](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roches)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/25 "2003-09-18T11:22:20Z")
Markxxx: Someone who used to be a housekeeper at a hotel told me that the glasses they always provide (usually covered with a cardboard disk or wrapped in paper, as if they’ve just been autoclaved) don’t get washed. She said they just spray them with disinfectant and rinse them in the sink. While this seems practical and would probably suffice to kill any bacteria/viruses on the glass, it’s also disturbing in an I’d-rather-not-know-that kind of way… Do you know if what I heard is true? ---
**Author:** ![rickpoet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@rickpoet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rickpoet)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/26 "2016-07-17T04:44:46Z")
People, I’m in my hotel room right now with an ice bucket and an ice bucket liner. (THANK YOU, now I know I can official call this the ice bucket liner and not the “weird WTF Is This Bag For Bag”). What I don’t know is if I’m supposed to: 1. Walk down the hall with just the bag, put ice in it, and then bring it back to my room and put it in the ice bucket. OR 1. Walk down the hall with the ice bucket liner inside the ice bucket? It seems the bag may be too flimsy to walk around with the ice, so maybe it’s #2…BUT do we live in an era where you can still maintain your dignity walking down the hall with a big old ice bucket with an ice bucket liner sticking out. It’s sort of like you’re walking down the hall with a little trash can. Why would you do that? What will people think if they see you? I’d RATHER just walk down the hall with the unlined bucket, but the comment earlier about the sanitary condition (or lack thereof) of the buckets has me concerned. Oh, God, what do I do? I’M HERE RIGHT NOW IN THE ROOM AND I NEED ICE FOR MY BEVERAGE. (It’s just water but I thought if I said “beverage” it’d make it seem like I was drinking something cool.) PLEASE RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. P.S. Do you have to wear pants when getting ice if it’s on your own floor? Is there sort of a transferred your own house living room/hallway status that is applied here? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/27 "2016-07-17T05:04:37Z")
[ol][li]_Put your goddamn pants on_. I’m just down the hall, I’m not your mother, this isn’t your home, and I’m not wild about seeing you in your underwear or less.[/li] [li]Discard the plastic bag. Bags are for wimps.[/li] [li]Fill the ice bucket from the ice dispenser and return to your room.[/li] [li]Enjoy your free ice as you see fit.[/ol][/li] Mazel tov! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/28 "2016-07-17T05:28:03Z")
> [@Ringo](#): > > What’s the plastic bag for? My initial guess was that it was to line the ice bucket, but I’ve tried before, and tonight, and it’s just too small to condomize the ice bucket. Reminds me of what the native English-speaking population in Japan and Korea call those bags department stores give you to wrap your umbrellas on rainy days so the umbrella doesn’t drip water all over the store. Yep, they’re called “umbrella condoms”. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/29 "2016-07-17T05:30:47Z")
Would a 13-year-old zombie need a bag for an ice bucket? Inquiring minds want to know. ---
**Author:** ![rickpoet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@rickpoet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rickpoet)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/30 "2016-07-17T05:31:32Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Would a 13-year-old zombie need a bag for an ice bucket? Inquiring minds want to know. Wait, do Zombies age??? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/31 "2016-07-17T06:33:30Z")
> [@booka](#): > > I’m forever ruined. If it helps. they’re really more like female condoms. Of course I don’t know what you do with your ice bucket liners. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/32 "2016-07-17T06:41:28Z")
Because drunks often vomit in the ice buckets. Thats what the bag is for. I’ve been given more than one degree for bringing back the bucket full of ice not lined with the bag by fellow guests who know better. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/33 "2016-07-17T06:42:22Z")
I feel your pain. Those ice bucket plastic bags are never big enough. I just throw them on the floor and put the ice directly in the plastic bucket. I travel with my own bottle of gin, which is strong enough to kill all of the toxic nasties living in the ice bucket anyway. Screw the plastic bag. Mazel Tov!!! ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/34 "2016-07-17T13:48:45Z")
> [@rickpoet](#): > > Wait, do Zombies age??? not if they are kept on ice ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/35 "2016-07-17T17:04:08Z")
What evidence do we have that plastic bag manufacturing employee’s don’t regularly piss inside these bags? ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/36 "2016-07-17T17:56:35Z")
I usually just put my beer in the mini fridge. ---
**Author:** ![Snnipe\_70E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Snnipe\_70E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snnipe_70E)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/37 "2016-07-17T18:40:18Z")
> [@Roches](#): > > Markxxx: Someone who used to be a housekeeper at a hotel told me that the glasses they always provide (usually covered with a cardboard disk or wrapped in paper, as if they’ve just been autoclaved) don’t get washed. She said they just spray them with disinfectant and rinse them in the sink. While this seems practical and would probably suffice to kill any bacteria/viruses on the glass, it’s also disturbing in an I’d-rather-not-know-that kind of way… Do you know if what I heard is true? I worked in a Marriott hotel. House keeping picked up the glasses and any dirty dishes when making up the room. The classes and dirty dishes were taken to the kitchen and the dishwasher who ran them through the dishwasher. Everything is washed and then rinsed in 180 degree water. Every morning a cast with clean glasses is delievered to house keeping. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/38 "2016-07-17T18:50:14Z")
I don’t stay in Marriotts. I stay in Lowest Budget Bed and Kidney Dealers. So, on the rare occasions my room is fancy enough to merit glass instead of plastic wrapped paper cups, I just wash the glass in the sink before I use it. They do tend to have a Lemon Pledge fresh scent before I do that. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/39 "2016-07-17T19:16:56Z")
If the too small ice bags are ribbed, you probably shouldn’t use them. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518/40 "2016-07-17T19:44:57Z")
I have never in my life encountered a too-small ice bucket liner. For those who are totally uncultured, the correct procedure is to stick your fist into the bag, then into the bucket. Use your other hand to roll the bag down around the rim of the bucket. Place bucket under ice machine spout and fill. Return to your room. Wear pants. Remember your room # and room key. To keep your beer cold just fill the bathroom sink with ice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-ice-bucket-question/201518.md?page=3)